Amabungane's Craig McKune explains that SOEs Eskom, Transnet and Denel all report to Brown and have all been implicated in state capture allegations or suspect contracts that have benefited the Gupta family.

It's emerged that Brown's PA, Kim Davids, was not properly qualified for her role.

Davids was apparently involved in key board appointment at SOEs.

It seems likely Lynne Brown pulled some strings to get her into the job, in spite of advice from others that this woman was not good for the job. One might wonder why.